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Locally Owned And Operated School instructional, health plans unveiled Phase III opening to mix face-to-face, virtual instruction in Pulaski County By MIKE WILLIAMS The plans not only address the areas of instruc- The Patriot tion and health, but transportation, meals, special needs, expectations for students, faculty and staff, Pulaski County Public Schools on Tuesday re- custodial services and more. leased its reopening plans for the 2020-21 school Survey year. During development of the plans, 82 students, The plans – an instructional plan along with a 1,250 parents and 294 members of the school sys- health plan – were developed with guidance from tem’s faculty and staff were surveyed. a 35-member taskforce which met on five different The survey found that students (54%), parents occasions. (63%) and faculty/staff (47%) favored face-to-face The task force included instruction 4 days per teacher, parents, students, week with 1 day of virtual counselors, administra- instruction for Phase III, tors, school board mem- which is how the school bers and school board of- year will begin barring fice administrators. any changes from Rich- The task force received mond. input from Dr. Noelle Bissell, the Director of the Some other survey findings include: New River Health District, on various mitigation Masks WEEKEND WEATHER and social distancing strategies that should be con- Most of those surveyed either fully supported sidered when developing the school system’s plan. wearing masks at school or were neutral on the is- Saturday Sunday Along with the plans, the Pulaski County Virtual sue – especially faculty and staff. Academy was established to provide full online in- Childcare Partly sunny and hot, with a high Partly sunny, with a high near struction for students whose parents do not yet want A survey of the 1,250 parents found 30% would near 90. Chance of precipitation 89. Calm wind. Chance of pre- a return to face-to-face instruction. is 50%. find it difficult or very difficult to find childcare cipitation is 40%. The plans are thorough – a 16-page health plan during intermittent shutdowns of school, while and a 14-page instructional plan - but complicated Sunday Night - Mostly cloudy, 48% would find it easy or very easy. Saturday Night - Partly cloudy, for many due to the plan having to be developed with a low around 70. Chance of with a low around 68. based on guidelines under Phase I, II and III. See OPENING, page A2 precipitation is 30%. Tentative middle school opening set in September By MIKE WILLIAMS from 4 p.m. to 7:30 p.m.by an open house event for The Patriot parents and students of PCMS. The next day, Friday, Sept. 18 from 2 to 6 p.m. is Construction of Pulaski County Middle School is the tentative date for an open house for the public. about two weeks behind schedule due to the recent “Because of the COVID-19 outbreak at the COVID-19 outbreak at the worksite. But things worksite, construction is about two weeks behind,” continue to move forward toward a Sept. 21 open- said School Superintendent Dr. Kevin Siers. ing day. The county’s first day of school is Sept. 8 – the “Things are going really well at the school. It’s day after Labor Day. exciting,” said School Board Chairman Timmy That means middle school students will have to Hurst. start the new school year with virtual instruction “We’ve got some tours we’re going to try to plan until PCMS opens its doors to them on Sept. 21. so the community can see what they’re getting for “Our plan will include middle school students their investment, and I firmly believe everybody is showing up here at Pulaski County High School to going to be very pleased,” he added. be issued their Chromebooks and the material they Thursday, Sept. 17 at 3 p.m. is the tentative time will need to spend their first two weeks in all virtu- and date for the official ribbon cutting ceremony for al learning so we can make sure we have a complet- the new middle school. That ceremony will be followed – tentatively – See PCMS, page A3 Pulaski Drain Service and Plumbing Repairs Water Heaters Faucets • Toilets & More

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We've Got Got We've Experienced, Licensed & Insured Page A2 - The Patriot - July 17, 2020 home. Between 10% and 15% of learning and a deep cleaning of and after school. to the teacher with whom they each group did not. school buildings. Meals are scheduled to begin their day. Opening Waivers Step 3 – Barring no COVID-19 Meals for grades 3-12 will be The teacher will conduct a brief Continued from Page A1 Eighty percent of parents said cases are confirmed, begin - “Grab and Go,” with meals de- health screening that includes a Online Learning they were willing to formally ning Sept. 28 all students will livered to students in grades PK temperature check. Of the parents and the 82 stu- acknowledge the risks associ- attend four days of the week, to 2. Students identified as having dents surveyed, 34% of parents ated with students returning to with Wednesday still being used All meals will be eaten in stu- symptoms will be referred to would have little comfort with school, while 20% were not will- for virtual learning and a deep dents’ classroom, while meals the school nurse who will ensure online learning and another 34% ing. cleaning of school buildings. for Wednesday will be provided that they are kept in a designated would have a high comfort level. Face-To-Face Learning Step 4 – If we’re fortunate to students at the end of the day isolation area until they can be Forty-one percent of students Forty-nine percent of parents enough to get there, students Tuesday. picked up and taken home. had little or no comfort level with will definitely have their chil- would return to school five days Phase II Students sent home through online learning compared to 32% dren return to school, while 32% per week. Reopening Plan health screenings will be placed who had a high level of comfort. would probably do so. Should there be a confirmed on home-based virtual instruc- Internet Access Among students, 61% were ex- case of COVID-19 in one school, tion for a minimum of 10 days or tremely comfortable with return- that school would revert to Phase If the county must revert to until they are fever free for three From 85% to 90% of parents, Phase II again, students in Pre-K students and faculty / staff say ing and 26% were comfortable. I – all virtual learning – for a pe- consecutive days without the use Only 16% of faculty and staff riod of time for deep cleaning, through Grade 3 will have face- of fever reducing medication, they have sufficient internet- ac to-face instruction for two days cess to either learn or teach from were extremely comfortable with contact tracing and development whichever is longer. returning, while 29% were com- of a re-entry plan with guidance per week and remote learning ac- Faculty and staff will be as- fortable. from the New River Health Dis- tivities the other three days. signed a health screening part- Kindergarten Phase III trict. All regular education students ner with whom they will meet Should confirmed cases occur in grades 4-12 will participate in each morning and complete their Registration Reopening Plan in multiple schools, all schools in remote learning all week. health screening. Attention parent of 2020-2021 the county would revert to Phase Phase I Siers also stressed that masks Step 1 - School begins Sept. kindergarten students, please I – virtual learning. Reopening Plan must be worn and there won’t be register your child for kindergar- 8 and for that first week, 25% Transportation negotiations on that point. of students will attend each day ten as soon as possible. You may Transportation will be provid- with students being assigned And if we have to go all the “For this plan to work, masks request a paper copy from any ed for all students utilizing gen- way back to Phase I, all students their day alphabetically. eralized routes similar to those have to be mandated,” Siers said. elementary school or complete will receive virtual instruction “We’re not going to get into the an online application located at Barring no confirmed cases of used during summer school. COVID-19 that week, the county utilizing the Virtual Virginia political side of things. I realize www.pcva.us If you have any Students will be seated one per moves to Step 2. platform. this is a political hot button issue, questions, contact Tammy Har- seat beginning at the back of the Step 2 – Sept. 14-25, 50% of School Superintendent Dr. but that is not what we’re about. If rell at 540-994-2524. Proof of a bus, however, students from the students will attend Monday and Kevin Siers reminded everyone parents or students or faculty and completed school entrance physi- same household can be seated Tuesday and 50% will attend during Tuesday’s School Board staff have an issue about wearing cal is required in order for kinder- two per seat. Thursday and Friday. Wednes- meeting that any parent who has a mask, you need to be up front gartners to attend school. Face coverings will be re- day will be used for virtual concerns about students return- about that at the beginning and quired, and buses will be sani- ing to face-to-face instruction tized each day. we can come up with alternate can register their students to par- arrangements for students to be Parents are encouraged to drop ticipate in the Pulaski County PPETET OOFF TTHEHE WEEKWEEK off and pick up students from educated and for faculty and staff Virtual Academy for all virtual to work.” In order to protect both the school as frequently as possible. courses. citizens of Pulaski County Elementary school days will The deadline for registering a It was also noted that snow and our personnel, we will run from 8:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. - Midstudent is July 31. days this school year will be dif- be closed to the public until dle and high school days will be Parents can register students ferent, with students expected to further notice. from 9:15 a.m. to 2:15 p.m. with by calling Tammy Harrell at have virtual learning those days We will alter our adoption the expectation that one hour of 540-994-2524 or emailing her at instead of the traditional day off. process during this time. virtual will take place daily. [email protected] If you are interested in an This will allow each bus to The entire instructional and animal here at the shelter, make two runs and ensure that Health Screenings reopening plan can be seen on please submit your older students are available to su- Upon arrival to school, stu- The Patriot’s website at www. application with you may pervise younger siblings before dents should report immediately pcpatriot.com access on our Face Book page: Pulaski County, VA Animal Control Once your application Pulaski County Meetings is approved, you will be contacted and a time will be • Tuesday, July 21, 2020, Eco- Building, 143 Third Street N.W., in is the governing body for Pulaski made available for you to do nomic Development Authority the Town of Pulaski, Virginia; Ex- County and is responsible for the a meet and greet. Board of Directors Meeting, Base- ecutive Session, 5:30 p.m., Open budget and concerns of its citizens. This week we are showcasing this beautiful rabbit for adoption! ment Central Conference Room, Meeting, 7 p.m. (Contact: Ashley • Tuesday, July 28, 2020, Pulaski She is a young adult female Holland Lop and will need a little Pulaski County Administration Edmonds, Executive Secretary County Sewerage Authority Board work getting her used to being held. She will need to be kept as Building, 143 Third Street N.W., and Clerk to the Board of Supervi- of Directors Meeting, Conference an indoor rabbit as she has been accustomed to living inside. Her in the Town of Pulaski, Virginia, sors, 143 Third Street N.W., Suite Room, Peppers Ferry Regional adoption fee will be $15 with an approved application. 10:00 a.m. (Contact: Megan Bird, 1, Pulaski, VA, 24301, 540-980- Wastewater Treatment Authority Clerk to the Board, 143 Third 7705, aedmonds@pulaskicounty. Building, 7797 Mason Street, Fair- Pulaski County Animal Control, 80 Dublin Park Rd. Street N.W., Suite 1, Pulaski, VA, org). The Board of Supervisors lawn, 6 p.m. Dublin, VA 24084, 540-674-8359 24301, 540-980-7705, mwbird@ Monday-Friday 10AM-4PM and 10AM-12Noon on Saturday pulaskicounty.org). The Economic Development Authority serves as Pet of the Week the economic development arm of Is Sponsored Each Pulaski County working with lo- cal industries and providing build- Week By ing spaces to local employers. Todd Bruce, Mgr. • Monday, July 27, 2020, Pulas- Seagle Funeral ki County Board of Supervisors Home Regular Meeting, Board Room, Pulaski County Administration The Patriot - July 17, 2020 - Page A3 School meals to be free for all students in county this year By MIKE WILLIAMS Schools that have 40 percent of The Patriot more of their enrollment who are eligible for free meals can par- Student breakfasts and lunch- ticipate in the program. County es at all schools in Pulaski Coun- participation in the program be- ty will be free this year. The gan with the 2015-16 school year. media center / library at the new Since then all other schools middle school will be named for have began participating except a deceased longtime educator. for Dublin Middle and Pulaski And plans for the disposal of sur- County High School. plus property at both of the old With the merger this school middle schools were approved year of the two middle schools by the School Board during their and with PCHS now meeting the monthly board meeting. required eligibility provisions, PCMS Board members unanimously all school students in the county Continued from Page A1 approved the recommendation can receive free meals. by Director of School Nutrition “I know CEP does have a ed school for them to move into,” Siers explained. Ethelene Sadler to approve par- negative side to it because our Paving, topsoil replacement and the laying of sod is being done at the construction site along with ticipating in the Community participation does attest to the bleacher installation in the gym and other construction inside. Eligibility Provision (CEP) that high poverty rate in our district,” allows school divisions to offerSadler told the board. “But at the breakfast and lunch to all stu- same time it provides an oppor- dents at no cost. See SCHOOLS, page A9

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Pulaski County Middle School is nearing completion. Pictured above (top photo): Front entrance, (middle) the main gym with new floor , striping and school athletic logo and new bleachers just installed, (bottom) finishing touches are being completed in the school'sudi -a torium. Photos courtesy of Pulaski County Public Schools Tractor-trailer crash victim identified Virginia State Police

At 1:09 a.m. Sunday (July 12, 2020), Virginia State Police Trooper R.B. Mullins respond- ed to a single-vehicle crash in Wythe County. A tractor-trailer traveling north on I-81 ran off the left side of the interstate at the 63 mile marker. The 2019 Mack Anthem struck the guardrail and bridge, and then went over the bridge and caught fire. The vehicle was de - stroyed in the fire and its driver, Willie McLaurin, 50, of Flora, MS., died at the scene. The crash remains under in- vestigation. Yard Sales Are Free In The Patriot Call 540-808-3949 or email [email protected] Page A4 - The Patriot - July 17, 2020

TERESA LYNN RYAN TERRY PATRICK SAMUEL NORMAN ELEANOR MARTIN HENSEL BURLEY JONES Teresa Lynn Ryan, age 43 of GRISWOLD, JR. BRUBAKER, SR. HALL MOORE Hensel Burley Jones, 90, of Pulaski passed away Monday, Terry Patrick Griswold, Jr., age Samuel Norman Brubaker, Sr., Eleanor Martin Hall Moore, Thornspring Road in Pulaski, July 13, 2020 at home. 47 of Dublin passed away Satur- age 82 of Barren Springs, Virgin- 91, of Pulaski, VA passed away in passed away on Saturday, July 11, Born October 21, 1976 in Rad- day, July 11, 2020. ia passed away Sunday, July 12, Tifton, GA on Wednesday, July 2020. He was a former contractor ford she was the daughter of John Born September 19, 1972 in 2020 at his home. Born July 12, 8, 2020. She was born in Pulaski, with Jones Brothers Construction Sewell Kilbert, Jr. & Martha Radford he was the son of Opal 1938 in Roanoke he was the son VA on February 7, 1929. and attended Max Creek Baptist Crowder Kilbert. Reeves Talbert and the late Terry of the late Denton Lewis Brubak- She was a lifetime member Church. She is survived by her Patrick Griswold, Sr. er and Emma Nancy Marshall of the First United Methodist Hensel was preceded in death Parents He is survived by his Brubaker. His son, Stephen Bru- Church, held a lifetime member- by his wife, Lucille Ratcliff Jones; John Sewell Kilbert, Jr. & Mar- Mother baker and brother, David Brubak- ship in United Methodist Women, parents, Murl and Callie Jones; tha Crowder Kilbert – Pulaski Opal (Sam) Reeves Talbert – er also preceded him in death. a member of the National PTA daughter, Betty Sue Jones; and Children Dublin He is survived by his Council, Navy Destroyer Wives granddaughter, Kim Jones. Hannah Ryan Children Children Club, and held an exemplar de- Survivors include his daughter Jordan Sizemore Terri Jo Edwards – Pulaski Samuel Norman Brubaker, Jr. gree in Beta Sigma Phi. Eleanor and son-in-law, Dana and Tony Julian Fiscal Chelsey (Johnny) Ward – Rad- – Barren Springs was the great-granddaughter of Nicolo; sons and daughters-in- Sisters ford Kimberly Anne (Paul) Ed- Robert Martin, active in Pulaski law, Danny and Pamela Jones, Melissa Ann Kilbert – Pulaski Sisters wards – Barren Springs history. Doug and Patsy Jones, and Larry Margie Marie Boksa – Pulaski Erin (David) Melton – Max Leslie Lee Brubaker – Barren Preceding her in death were her and Janet Jones; 5 grandchildren, Brother Meadows Springs grandparents, Allen Bassett and Amanda Nicolo, Jacob Nicolo John Derek (Sabrina) Kilbert – Tabitha (Aaron) Cooper – Grandchildren Rebecca Martin Hall; parents, (Abby), Danny Jones, Jr. (Amy), Pulaski Omaha, NE Julie Kay Dishon, Denton Ray Bassett Kee and Allena Smith Jeremy Jones (April), and Josh Nieces Half-Sister Brubaker, Linda Michelle Webb, Hall; her husband of almost 50 Jones; 9 great grandchildren; 2 Alexis Danielle Arredondo Jackie Danielle – Roanoke Nick (Kasey) Edwards, Samuel years, William A. Moore, USN great great grandchildren; sister Sophia Kilbert The family will receive friends (Ashley) Edwards, Logan (Phil- Retired; son, Samuel Martin Mildred Sayers; and many oth- Nephew from 5:00 PM – 7:00 PM – Fri- lip) Kessinger, Stephen Lewis Moore; sisters, Elizabeth Lundy er nieces, nephews, relatives and Paxton Kilbert day, July 17, 2020 at the Bower Brubaker II (Atlanta, GA) and Jeanne Ber- friends. A private family gathering will Funeral Home-Chapel, Pulaski. Funeral services were held nard (Roanoke, VA); and three In recognition of her excellent be at a later date. To sign the online guestbook, Wednesday, July 15, 2020 at the members of a 60-year luncheon care and compassion, the Jones To sign the online guestbook, please visit www.bowerfuneral- Bower Funeral Home-Chap- club, Kalima Tate, Edna Love family would like to extend a spe- please visit www.bowerfuneral- home.com el, Pulaski with Pastor Michael and Laura Brillheart. cial thank you to Hensels caregiv- home.com Bower Funeral Homes, Pulaski Blouse officiating. Interment -fol Surviving are: er, Faye White. Bower Funeral Homes, Pulaski is handling the arrangements for lowed at the Highland Memory Son – Jim and Janet Collins The family will receive friends is handling the arrangements for the family. Gardens, Dublin. Daughters – Deborah Susan from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. on Tuesday, the family. To sign the online guestbook, and Tom McPherson July 14, 2020 at the Mullins Fu- please visit www.bowerfuneral- Marilyn Ann and Bob Poirier neral Home in Radford. Funeral home.com Son – William A., Jr. and Kelly services will follow at 6 p.m. with JAMES C. HENDERSON Bower Funeral Homes, Pulaski Moore James C. Henderson, age 86 of Dublin passed away Friday, July 10, pastor Mike Coleman officiating. is handling the arrangements for Grandchildren – Krista Collins Graveside services were held 2020 at his home. the family. (Hayward) at the Thornspring Cemetery in Born January 24, 1934 Chester, PA, he was the son of the late Brian McPherson (Nicole) Pulaski on Wednesday, July 15, George Henderson and Dorothy Walter Henderson. Karie Johannes (Eric) 2020. Mr. Henderson was a veteran of the United States Army SYLVIA QUESENBERRY Aaron Moore The Jones family is in the care Surviving RUPE Jacob Eavis (Nichole) of Mullins Funeral Home & Cre- Wife Sylvia Quesenberry Rupe, 93, Andrea Bottoms (Jerry) matory in Radford. Mary Lee Draper Quesenberry Henderson-Dublin of Pulaski VA passed away Fri- Great-Grandchildren – Jerim- www.mullinsfuneralhome.com Sisters day, July 10, 2020. She was born iah, Brandon and Samuel Mobly Dorothy Sayers and Mary Kohutiak on November 3, 1926 and was Cole, Mason and Riley Jo- Half Brother the daughter of the late Perry and hannes Walter Wiles Lula Quesenberry; her husband, Catelyn and Chloe McPherson Half Sister Remember Basil Rupe; brothers, Glenn Lydia Moore Shirley Wiles Watts (Mary) Quesenberry, Clarence In lieu of flowers the family Numerous Step - Children, Step- Great and Step - Great, Great (Evelyn) Quesenberry and Don- wishes memorials be made to the Your Loved Grandchildren, Brothers-in-law & Sisters-in-law. ald, Sr. (Betty) Quesenberry; and First United Methodist Church, Per his wishes, he will be cremated and burial will be at the South- step-brothers, Paul and Jerrell 135 Fourth St., NW, Pulaski, VA One On A west Virginia Veterans Cemetery, Dublin. Quesenberry of Texas. 24301. To sign the online guestbook, visit www.bowerfuneralhome.com Sylvia is survived by many Local arrangements by Ste- Special Day Bower Funeral Home, Pulaski is handling the arrangements for the nieces and nephews and a special vens Funeral Home, Pulaski, VA. family. nephew and his wife, Curtis and With An Karen Quesenberry of Dublin, MARY LOUISE In Memoriam VA. THOMPSON HAMM Dublin Feeding Program - She was a founding member Mary Louise Thompson of Heritage Church, Dublin and Hamm, 79, of Dublin, passed Notice Helping Our Community she retired from Virginia Maid away Saturday, July 11, 2020. Hosiery, Pulaski after 40 years of The Hamm family is in the In Feeding Children and their Caregivers service. care of Mullins Funeral Home & A graveside service was held Crematory in Radford. The Patriot Tuesday, July 14th from the in the Dublin Community CHARLES TAZEWELL Thornspring Cemetery, Dublin. SAUL Dublin United Methodist Church, The family would like to thank 424 East Main Street, Dublin Charles Tazewell Saul, 70, Highland Ridge Rehab, Dublin passed away Monday, July 13, Call Drive-thru pick up in the church parking lot for the great care she received. 2020 at his home in New River. every Friday from 4:00 - 6:00 p.m. Arrangements by Stevens Fu- The Saul family is in the care 540-808-3949 neral Home, Pulaski. of Mullins Funeral Home and Crematory in Radford, www. mullinsfuneralhome.com The Patriot - July 17, 2020 - Page A5 THOMAS MASON BEULAH MAE RICH- JAMES RALPH LANE COMPTON MOND HALE James Ralph Lane, Senior Thomas Mason Compton of Beulah Mae Richmond Hale, Master Sergeant USAF Retired, Dublin, VA passed Tuesday, age 81 of Pulaski, died Friday, age 83 of Draper, died Sunday, April 21 at Pulaski Communi- July 10, 2020 at her residence. May 31, 2020 at Pulaski Health ty Hospital. Tom was born in She was born in Wythe County and Rehabilitation Center. He Welch, WV on April 5, 1950, on January 6, 1939 and was the was born on March 17, 1937 in He went on to graduate high daughter of the late Mammie Dublin and was the son of the school in Welch and then from Linville Richmond and Walter late James Albert Lane and Lois Montreat Anderson College in Thomas Richmond. Mrs. Hale Turner Lane. Ashville, NC. Tom was an avid was a very devoted member to In addition to his parents, he baseball lover, being one of the her family and to her church. She was preceded in death by two owners of the Pulaski Minor was a member of the Church of sisters: Elizabeth Lane Smith League Baseball Team. These Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints Minnick, and Evelyn Lane teams brought many players to – Radford. Earles. our area and provided the citi- In addition to her parents, she Ralph is survived by his wife TAYLOR DENISE zens of the area with months of was preceded in death by her of over 63 years, Janet Bocock QUESENBERRY SHIRLEY ELLEN SCOTT entertainment each summer. As brother, Frank Richmond, and Lane of Draper. Also surviving Taylor Denise Quesenberry, GILES the Building Official of the Town her sister, Faye Chinault and an is a sister: Carolyn Lane Kur- age 27 of Pulaski, Virginia went Shirley Ellen Scott Giles, age of Pulaski he even oversaw and infant daughter, Jannie. gan of Pulaski, and a niece, Julie to her heavenly home on Monday 82 of Parrott, died Thursday, July helped with the first major ren- She is survived by her devoted Earles Glass of Charleston, SC., July 6th, 2020.She was born on 9, 2020 at her residence. She was ovation at Calfee Park. Tom re- husband, Leonard Franklin Hale along with brother-in-law Ralph October 28th 1992 to Michael born in Pulaski County on April tired from the Town of Pulaski of Pulaski: four sons; Donnie M. Bocock, Jr. of California. Dean Quesenberry and Angela 1, 1938, and was the daughter of in 2013 and continued farming Franklin Hale of Pulaski, David Ralph retired in 1975 from Dawn Reed. the late Hazel Minnick Scott and at his home in Dublin. He en- Franklin (Nancy) Hale of Pu- the United States Air Force af- She was 2011 graduate of Pu- Grover Leonard Scott. In addi- joyed being busy with his cattle laski, Barry (Vicki) Hale of Pu- ter serving 21 years all over the laski County High School where tion to her parents, she was pre- and working in the garden each laski, and Ben (Maleah) Hale of world, and returned home to she was in the honor society and ceded in death by three sisters: summer. Christiansburg: her daughter; Pulaski County, Virginia. He Marching Band. She then fol- Mary Crowley, Janet Wicker, and He was preceded in death by Amanda Elizabeth Witherspoon pursued many interests, gaining lowed her love of music to Long- Verda Fortune. She is survived his parents, Mason Compton of Pulaski: and a sister; JoAnnskills, knowledge and enjoy- wood University in Farmville, by her husband of 64 years: -Harand Sadie Walker Compton, and (Thurman) Potts of Mt. Airy, ment, reflected in his home, yard, where she graduated in 2015 ry Reaford Giles, Sr. of Parrott:his Great Aunt and Uncle Coun- NC. She is also survived by and friends. with a Bachelor of Science de- son: Harry Reaford Giles, Jr. ofcil and Mildred Walker whom sixteen grandchildren and three Graveside funeral services gree in music. She was current- Parrott: daughter; Robin G. (Jer- he had a very special bond. He is great-grandchildren. will be held Monday, July 20th at ly employed by Mercer County ry) Thomas of Fairlawn: a sister;survived by his son, Council Jim Funeral graveside services 11:00 a.m. at the Southwest Vir- Schools and taught music at Ath- Norma (Billy) Stoots of Water- Compton of Pulaski, Lea Comp- were held Monday, July 13, 2020 ginia Veterans Cemetery. Fam- ens and Sun Valley elementary town, NY: three grandchildren;ton Monday and husband Doug- at the Southwest Virginia Vet- ily and friends are welcome to schools. She loved sharing her Michael (Clarinda) Thomas, Eric las Monday of Max Meadows, eran’s Cemetery. The family attend. love of music with her students. (Laura) Thomas, and Dustin (Tif- step-daughter Kim Slusher and received friends on Monday at In lieu of flowers, the family She also worked at Domino’s in fany) Thomas: four great-grand- husband Mike Slusher of High Seagle Funeral Home. Online suggests that contributions be Pulaski. Besides her love of mu- children; Braiden Thomas, Kolton Point, NC, and his honorary son condolences may be sent to the made in Ralph’s memory to a sic, she was an animal lover tak- Thomas, Easton Thomas, and Ethan Cornett of Christians- family by visiting www.seagle- local charity of choice. Online ing in many strays and she leaves Landry Thomas. Funeral services burg. He is also survived by his funeralhome.com Arrangements condolences may be sent to the behind 9 birds,3 dogs and 1 cat. were held Sunday, July 12, 2020 grandchildren, Justin Hite, Kei- by Seagle Funeral Home, Pulas- family by visiting www.seagle- She is survived by her Mom at Seagle Funeral Home with the ly Monday, and Mason Monday. ki. funeralhome.com Arrangements and step dad, Angela and Charles Rev. Chad Dunford officiating. A The family will hold a Cele- by Seagle Funeral Home, Pulas- Reed of Myrtle Beach; Sister private graveside committal ser- bration of Life on July 24, 2020 ki. and brother in law Danielle and vice was held on Monday, July 13 from 5-8 pm at Calfee Park. Tom Kevin Simmerman of Pulaski, at Highland Memory Gardens in was so excited that his grandson, Giving Day exceeds expectations Brother and sister in law Aus- Dublin. The family would like Mason, was following in his love tin and Bryttany Quesenberry to extend their appreciation to the of baseball so the family is ask- The Community Foundation of the New River Valley (CFNRV) of Pulaski; Step sisters ,Hannah Good Samaritan Hospice for their ing in lieu of flowers, memorial held its largest giving day yet, GiveLocalNRV on Wednesday, June and Jeanette Reed of Pulaski, wonderful care. Online condo- donations be made to the Pio- 24th, to help over 80 nonprofits across the New River Valleyise ra Grandfather, Steve Booth of lences may be sent to the family by neer Pack baseball team at: money and draw attention to the important work they do for the re- Bedford, Grandparents, Martha visiting www.seaglefuneralhome. Pioneer Pack Baseball gion. The event exceeded its $325,000 fundraising goal, bringing in and Kenneth Conner of Radford; com Arrangements by Seagle Fu- c/o Lea Monday $415,221 from nearly 1900 unique donors. Special loved friends, Vincent neral Home, Pulaski. 980-1700 P.O. Box 49 Max Meadows, VA 24360 In the seven years of the program to date, the giving day has raised Mullins, Chris Clark and Jacki over $1.6 million for nonprofits across the region. Witherspoon. any other friends, coworkers, and family. The CFNRV is also pleased to award $10,000 in incentive grants, She was preceded in death by One dies, three injured which encourage active participation during the Giving Day. Twelve her Father Michael Quesenberry; organizations will receive these awards for the largest number of ”Same as dad”, Greg Maybush; unique donors by county, two superstars, most money raised, a grant Paternal Grandparents, Lillie and in I-81 two-vehicle crash for the best video and power hours awards. Artie Quesenberry; & Maternal Grandparents Danny Taylor and At 2:49 p.m. Friday (July 10), child safety seat. Bonnie Booth. Virginia State Police responded Both of the drivers of the two A memorial service was held in to a multi-vehicle crash on In- tractor trailers were transported her honor on Monday July 13th at terstate 81. A 2017 International for treatment of serious injuries. Abundant Life Ministries, 3050 box truck was traveling south on Both were wearing their seat- Lee Highway, Pulaski Virginia I-81 when it ran off the left side belts. with Pastor Randall Lawrence of the interstate, crossed through The crash remains under in- officiating. the median and entered the north- vestigation at this time. The Vir- To sign the online guestbook, bound lanes. ginia State Police Wytheville Di- visit www.bowerfuneralhome. The box truck struck a 2017 vision Crash Reconstruction and com Nissan Pathfinder and two trac- Motor Carrier Safety teams are Bower Funeral Home, Pulaski tor-trailers in the northbound assisting with the investigation. is handling the arrangements for lanes. One of the tractor-trailers the family. then ran off the left side of the road and into the median. The driver of the box truck, Orlando L. Craig, 44, of Arnold, Yard Sales Md., died at the scene. He was not wearing a seatbelt. 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Thank you and God Bless. Page A6 - The Patriot - July 17, 2020 OPINION www.pcpatriot.com Don't Defund the Police As someone who reads every bill before I vote for it, let alone any bill I introduce myself, I would not endorse a bill before it is even written. So I was puzzled to learn that Congresswomen Ayanna Pressley (D-MA) and Rashida Tlaib (D-MI) had en- dorsed a bill called the BREATHE Act, which has yet to A triumph be introduced (not to be confused with an unrelated bill with the same name, H.R. 585, introduced last year). at Mount Although the bill text has not been released, a sum- mary has been published. It reveals legislation that could be the cousin of the infamous Green New Deal: radical, Rushmore ideologically driven, and a disaster for the country if ever enacted. If nothing else, President The goal of Section One on its own is remarkable: Donald Trump's July Fourth “Eliminate federal programs and agencies used to fi- speech at Mount Rushmore nance and expand the U.S. criminal-legal system.” clarified the battle lines of our The list of targeted programs include the Edward By- culture war. rne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant (JAG) Program, The New York Times called the Federal Gov- the speech "dark and divisive," ernment’s leading while an Associated Press source of funding for headline declared, "Trump justice-related state pushes racial division." A and local issues. Washington Post story said Police departments the speech "crystallized" aren’t the only recipi- the president's "unyielding ents of JAG funding; push to preserve Confederate so are state courts, symbols and the legacy of white crime prevention and education, and drug treatment and domination." enforcement. Democratic Sen. Tammy But there’s more. JAG also covers behavioral pro- Duckworth insisted that Trump grams, crisis intervention teams, crime victim and "spent all his time talking about witness initiatives - all and more would be cut off by this dead traitors." bill. To be clear -- and despite all The Drug Enforcement Agency would be eliminated. of this -- the media and the left The Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) didn't freak out about a speech agency would be eliminated. extolling the valor of Robert After dismantling the agencies that enforce feder- E. Lee or the statesmanship al laws and aid state and local law enforcement, the of Jefferson Davis. They BREATHE Act swings the ax at other consequences for didn't scorn a speech pining breaking the law. for Antebellum America or It calls for a plan to close all federal prisons, presum- expressing ambiguity about the ably including the United States Penitentiary at Lee in Civil War. They didn't pan a Lee County. speech that slighted the quest for Life sentences would be abolished, no matter how justice and civil rights throughout heinous the crime. American history. That’s a lot of damage done, just in Section One. As a matter of fact, Trump Section Two tries to push states and local jurisdictions didn't mention any Confederates down the same path. It creates grant programs incentiv- at all. He hailed Abraham izing them to, among other purposes, “decarcerate their Lincoln at length and called jails and/or defund their police forces,” keep police, secu- the Civil War "the struggle that rity guards, metal detectors, and other security equip- Roger Stone's 'cornerstone' saved our union and extinguished ment out of schools, and abolish state gang databases. the evil of slavery." He said we President Trump's decision to commute must defend "the ideas that were There are few limits on what the BREATHE Act the prison sentence of his longtime friend Cal the foundation of the righteous wants to accomplish. It, too, wants to tackle climate and political adviser Roger Stone just days movement for civil rights." change, including by establishing grant programs that before Stone was to begin a 40-month Thomas demand states use 100 percent renewable and zero-emis- prison sentence - he and the president say It'd be difficult to get a more textbook expression of the sion energy sources and subsidize energy projects. he was falsely accused -- reminded me American civic religion than The BREATHE Act would surrender the ability of the of another man who was as loyal to his Federal Government to regulate immigration and grant president and who did go to prison. Tribune the speech at Rushmore. It'd citizenship. Beside the abolition of ICE mentioned above, Charles Colson, described by detractors Content be difficult to get a more wide- Customs and Border Protection is on the chopping block Agency ranging appreciation of the as Richard Nixon's "hatchet man," went warriors, inventors, adventurers, as well. to federal prison after pleading guilty to reformers, entertainers and Laws that “criminalize human movement and border obstruction of justice for attempting to athletes that have made the entry” would be repealed, giving a green light not just to defame Pentagon Papers defendant Daniel ministry he founded and how he became country what it is. It'd be difficult illegal immigration but to drug smuggling and human Ellsberg in the Watergate affair. an advocate for prisoners, ex-inmates and trafficking. While the cases and outcomes are dif- their families without seeking credit for to get a more affirming account of the greatness of America and There would no longer be any distinction between ferent, Stone has proclaimed a life-chang- himself. citizens and non-citizens, allowing anyone to vote, access Spiritual transformations can also its meaning to the world. ing experience identical to Colson's. In an And, yet, the speech was tested federal benefits, and more. Everyone could come and go interview with The Washington Examiner influence others, including opponents. and found wanting. as they pleased, no matter our capacity to assimilate new- three months ago, Stone said evangelist Former Republican strategist Lee Atwater comers and without regard to whether anyone coming Franklin Graham had been counseling announced his own conversion after being Trump's attacks on what he called "a new far-left fascism" here wished to do us harm. him and urged him to "...put my faith in diagnosed with a brain tumor. He issued and a cultural revolution The proponents of the BREATHE Act, whatever their God, and confess my sins, acknowledge a statement, apologizing to political op- "designed to overthrow the intentions, support extreme changes that would make our Jesus Christ in my life. And I have done posites he had harmed, adding: "I should American Revolution" were country and communities more dangerous. The burden that." have been trying to help people instead of crime tends to fall on communities and individuals of taking advantage of them. I don't hate indeed hard-edged, but who As was Colson's experience, many can doubt the basic truth of the that are already disadvantaged. skeptics and political opponents will de- anyone anymore. For the first time in my claims? The flaws in our criminal justice system should be ride Stone's announcement. While some life I don't hate somebody. I have nothing fixed, but the system should not be razed to the ground. have used religion to keep out of prison, but good feelings toward people. I've There's a fear afoot in the land, as a merciless authoritarian The BREATHE Act instead aims to reshape our whole receive a lighter sentence, or be paroled found Jesus Christ - It's that simple. He's society in the disguise of a criminal justice bill. It would early, the faith of others has proved to be made a difference." spirit informs a spate of firings and cancellations. The day surely change America, but assaulting the foundations of genuine. Time always tells. In his book, "Born Again," Colson public safety, one of government’s essential functions, is Stone acknowledged that some will be writes about meeting with a small before Trump's speech, a Boeing executive resigned over change we can do without. skeptical, even cynical, when he told the breakfast group that included Sen. Harold One might ask why we should bother focusing on Hughes (D-Iowa), a fierce Nixon oppo- something he had written ... in Examiner, "I'm aware of the fact there 1987. this bill summary from a few rank and file Members of are skeptics who are going to say 'Stone nent. He quotes Hughes: "I've learned Congress. A good reason is that it provides evidence that is posturing. Stone is maneuvering for how wrong it is to hate. For years there The setting for Trump's speech is itself now deemed problematic. people who say “defund the police” should be taken at public sympathy,' and so on. But that's just were men towards whom I felt consuming their word. bitterness. I wasn't hurting them, only A CNN report previewing the not the case. And He, God, knows what's event said Trump "will be at Another reason not to ignore the BREATHE Act can in my heart." myself. By hating I was shutting Christ's be attributed to Speaker Nancy Pelosi. When asked In an increasingly secular-progressive love out of my life. One of the men I hated Mount Rushmore, where he'll be recently about the mob violence that destroyed a statue most was Chuck Colson, but now that we standing in front of a monument culture where destroying one's political of two slave owners and on of Christopher Columbus in her native Baltimore, she enemies is considered sport, many may share a commitment together in Christ, I shrugged it off by saying, “People will do what they do.” love him as my brother. I would trust him land wrestled away from Native find Stone's professed conversion hard Americans." If that indifference to law and order is the attitude held to accept. The list of his sins is long and with my life, my family, with everything by the House Democratic leader, there is little reason to very public, including those of a personal I have." There's no doubt that Trump think she will speak up against the radical ideas of her nature (he and his wife had been regular Find me a power in Washington or any- is a deeply flawed messenger. caucus represented in the BREATHE Act. visitorsto a notorious Washington, D.C., where else that can produce results like But it wasn't just Trump the messenger who was attacked sex club). Scripture tells us, however, that that. Roger Stone says he is now plugged If you have questions, concerns, or comments, into that higher power. Scripture calls in the aftermath of the Mount God's mercy knows no limits and that Rushmore speech; it was the feel free to contact my office. You can call my Jesus came to save all who have sinned Him the "cornerstone." message. Abingdon office at 276-525-1405 or my Christians- "and fallen short of the glory of God," Patriotic sentiments of the burg office at 540-381-5671. To reach my office via as the Apostle Paul writes. Paul was the (Readers may email Cal Thomas at sort that have adorned American email, please visit my website at www.morgan- Stone and Colson of his era prior to his [email protected]. Look for Cal oratory for centuries were griffith.house.gov. Also on my website is the latest own conversion. Thomas' new book "America's Expira- deemed hateful and divisive. material from my office, including information on Even some critics of Colson came to tion Date: The Fall of Empires and Su- A celebration of the Founders votes recently taken on the floor of the House of grudgingly accept his faith as genuine, perpowers and the Future of the United Representatives. largely because of the Prison Fellowship States" (HarperCollins/Zondervan). See LOWRY, page A7 Locally Owned And Operated Since 2009 The Patriot is published in its print form every Friday by Patriot Publishing, LLC and is available at locations in Pulaski and Wythe Counties and Radford City. An electronic version can be accessed daily on the web at www.pcpatriot.com P.O. Box 2416 • Pulaski, VA 24301 • www.pcpatriot.com • (540) 808-3949 The Patriot - July 17, 2020 - Page A7 OPEN FORUM PC's Economic Development The truth about COVID-19 office recognized by state DOE To the editor, Masks don’t protect people The Pulaski County Office of munity’s story with prospective the highest level of assistance to from the virus. Unless the masks Economic Development has won businesses and industries, they new and existing businesses and COVID-19 cases are “spiking” are N95 or a mask with many the Creating Excellence in Busi- highlight the Pulaski County industries in order to encourage and the media and politicians are layers of material, all one is do- ness Partnership Award from the High School’s Career and Tech- capital investments, diversify going crazy. Dr. Fauci states that ing is breathing stale air. Virginia Department of Educa- nical Education Center and spe- and stabilize the economy, re- the U.S. is “not in total control” If common sense precautions tion. The Pulaski County Officecifically, the many talented culi- tain and foster new employment of the pandemic and daily new are taken – hand washing, cov- of Economic Development has nary arts students being taught opportunities and support an en- cases could “surpass 100,000.” ering coughs, cleaning surfac- been selected as the Region 7 and trained by Mrs. Norris. The vironment conducive for citizen The wizards of smart are con- es, staying home if you are sick winner after being nominated PCHS-CTE Center and its culi- prosperity. fusing “cases” with “deaths.” (things your mother should have for the award by Pulaski County nary arts students are contract- The Pulaski County High taught you)-- that’s all we can do Deaths have flat-lined. Of course, Public Schools. ed to provide catering services School’s mission is committed cases have increased because the or need to do. “This is a big honor and the for meals and receptions, and to maximizing student achieve- population is emerging from Of course, the elderly and award truly celebrates the rela- to demonstrate the quality of ment and share responsibility being in lockdown and because those otherwise at high risk need tionship and partnership we have the education and training they with families and the communi- more people are being tested. to take extra care. with our public schools and how receive. Students are ServSafe ty to create an equitable learn- (cdc.gov) People are responsible for their we take a team approach in show- manager certified, they under- ing environment that strives to Deaths are not being reported behavior, not the government. casing our great community, our stand the value of providing develop all students into pro- because that’s not the narrative The polio epidemic of the early many assets, and our exception- quality dining experiences, gain ductive, responsible citizens and the deep state wants you to hear. 1950’s was a scourge (complete al people”, stated Jonathan D. valuable workplace experience life-long learners. According to the CDC, mor- with the horrid “iron lung" and Sweet, County Administrator. and are part of the Team in sell- tality from COVID is 4.3%. a national terror.) I know, I lived “Economic Development is best ing Pulaski County to new busi- Most who die are elderly and/ through it. But not one school played as a team sport and our nesses from around the world. or have co-morbid conditions. was closed, even though young Career and Technical Education “We thank the Culinary Arts Yard Sales Also, cases are counted that are people were most susceptible. Center plays a big role on our Department for their partnership Not one sports event was can- confirmed by lab tests and those team. We value what the faculty with helping to recruit business- that are “probable” using certain celled; no businesses shut down; and these students bring to the es to Pulaski County,” stated Are Free criteria. nothing shut down. The economy table and there is not a better way Michael Solomon, Director of The media and governors want was not affected; life went on. to convey to business prospects Economic Development. “For you to think thousands are dy- Everything should now open! In the quality and talents of our stu- the last three years, they have ing – part of the ongoing effort A population of 300,000+ mil- dents than to first-hand exhibit it provided catering services and to stoke fear and erode our lib- lion can’t be controlled if they The Patriot through their participation in our more importantly, they have erties. don’t want to be. prospect visitation exercises and demonstrated to those who are Some governors, including This abuse of power will go on events.” not from Pulaski County how Call Northam, are drunk with pow- forever if people don’t push back. The award is presented an- wonderful our students, career er because now they think they Thank you for your consider- nually to recognize exemplary and technical education center 540-808-3949 can order us to do whatever they ation. programs and partnerships that and our workforce are.” want. Some are actively trying Deborah Ring, promote excellence in career and The Pulaski County Economic to thwart the economic recovery Pulaski or email technical education. The Pulas- Development Authority’s mis- because they see it as beneficial ki County Office of Economic sion is dedicated to utilizing ev- politically. [email protected] Development shares their com- ery resource available to provide It’s time for people to have a Lowry reality check. The more people who get the disease and live the Continued from Page A6 better because that creates herd that once would have been the immunity. stuff of schoolbooks and primers was considered controversial. A defense of the nation's ideals was Yard Sales waved away. No, nothing to see here -- only hate and division. Surely, if some other Are Free Republican president had given the Mount Rushmore speech the In pushback wouldn't have been as intense. But this isn't just about The Patriot Trump. It goes much deeper. 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Lucas earned a Bachelors in Healthcare Administration and a Masters in Human Resource Man- agement from Ashford University. “Being part of NRVCS is a won- derful opportunity,” says Lucas, who lives in Pulaski with her hus- band, Gary, and their two daugh- ters. “I look forward to supporting our employees while they are tak- ing care of the community.” She adds, “I am excited and 995 Peppers Ferry Road • Pulaski, VA 24301 • www.mayflowerswva.org honored to have joined this team!” The Patriot - July 17, 2020 - Page A9 Rent and mortgage relief program available in NRV The Virginia Rent and Mortgage Relief does not include one-time payments such as Program (RMRP) is designed to support a stimulus check. and ensure housing stability across the • Be financially impacted due to the Commonwealth during the coronavirus COVID-19 pandemic pandemic. New River Community Action • Have a valued lease or Mortgage state- has been designated as the local program ment in their name, or other documentation administrator for the New River Valley. of Tenant/landlord relationship Depending on the availability of funds • Rent or mortgage amount at or below and household need, the RMRP may pro- 150% fair market rent (FMR) GILBERT AUTO PARTS vide financial assistance for rent or - mort • Be at risk for eviction or foreclosure. gage payments for eligible households. The following documentation is required: Financial assistance is a one-time payment • Proof of income (pay stubs, bank state- for Rent/Mortgage arrears beginning April ments, letter from employer, social security 1, 2020. documents, unemployment documentation, IS Eligible Households Must: pension) • Meet income guidelines. The applicant • Proof that household has been denied a must have a gross household income at or forbearance or deemed ineligible below 80% area median income (AMI), • W-9 form HIRING! based on the current month’s income. From • Copy of mortgage statement or lease in June 29 through July 20, 2020, programs the applicant's name will prioritize households with a current Contact your local NRCA Emergency Positions Open At NAPA gross household income at or below 50% Assistance/Housing Counseling office to AMI. The determination of income in- apply: Radford/Fairlawn (540) 320-7460 Dublin And Radford cludes any unemployment insurance re- or [email protected]; Pulaski County ceived by a member of the household but (540) 980-5525 or [email protected] Schools 1. Full-time Counter Person Continued from Page A3 • Fill in on counter sales tunity for us to serve more of our students dent for Finance and Business Operations, meals and we have they all take advantage presented a plan to the board for disposal • during vacations of this service that we will provide.” of surplus property from both Pulaski and Robinson District School Board mem- Dublin middle schools. • Update customers and employees ber Dr. Paige Cash asked Sadler is she had “As soon as the move to Pulaski County seen an increase in the number of students Middle School is completed, school sys- eating breakfast and lunch because of the tem staff will begin the process of dispos- on product information CEP program. Sadler answered that she ing of all unused property currently house had. at both old middle schools,” Stafford ex - • Check in and sort shipments “I think we all can agree that a fed child plained. “This will include property such is a child who is ready to learn and ready as classroom furniture, desks, chairs, in- to participate in sports, the classroom and structional equipment, kitchen equipment • Review inventory everything else,” Cash said while thank- and may other types of items.” ing Sadler for her efforts on the program. Stafford said all personal property • 3 weeks vacation housed at the two schools would be sold Resolution Honoring Joe Reed publicly on GovDeals.com – an online • Long-term disability Joseph Elwood Reed was a career ed- surplus bidding website for governmental ucator in Pulaski County Public Schools agencies – or transferred internally to an- for 47 years before he passed away Nov. other school if an item is usable. • Great work environment 5, 2017. The School Board voted unanimously Sell of Mobile Classrooms Tuesday to name the media center / li- To Pulaski County brary at the new Pulaski County Middle Stafford told the School Board that 2. Part-time delivery person School in his honor. Building Bridges Child Development Reed served as a classroom teacher at Center had approached Pulaski County Dublin Middle, as an administrator at requesting a donation of two of the mobile • Excellent driving record required the old Northwood Elementary, Dublin classroom units located at the old Dublin Primary, the former Newbern Elementa- Middle School. • Must be 21 or older ry, Fairlawn Cooperative Transition Pro- The County, Stafford said, is asking the gram, Pulaski Middle and Pulaski Coun- school system to expedite the disposition • Deliver to customers in ty High School prior to his death. of these two mobile units at DMS for the He was involved with a variety of com- benefit of Building Bridges. munity service organizations during his Stafford said given that school system Pulaski County life, including being a member of the staff has no plans for the mobile units, Board of Directors of the Fine Arts Center which are approximately 20 years old, • Stock merchandise of the New River Valley, member of the and recognizing the shortage of childcare Pulaski County Chamber of Commerce services in Pulaski County, the recom- Community Attitude Quality of Life mendation is that the School Board waive • Clean Committee, member of the New River the requirements of school policy and sell Community College Board of Directors, them to the County of Pulaski for a total • Other in-store jobs as needed Vice-Chairman of the Town of Pulaski purchase price of one dollar. Recreation Commission, Chairman of the He added the responsibility and cost of • Earn vacation time Pulaski County Library Board, President removal of these units will be with Build- of the Pulaski County Branch of the Na- ing Bridges Child Development Center tional Association for the Advancement and/or the County, and not the school sys- • $10.00/hour of Colored People (NAACP), and Chair- tem. man of the Emergency Needs Task Force. The board approved the sale. • Great for retiree seeking He also served his community through providing numerous hours of volunteer School Board approves Joint extra income service at the Ratcliffe Transportation Resolution on Capital Needs Museum, sponsoring the Black Histo- Funding Plan ry Club at Pulaski County High School, The School Board gave its approval to mentoring young men and women in the a joint resolution establishing a funding community, and personally purchasing plan to tackle the school system’s Capi- While Experience Would Be Great, and donating numerous books to promote tal Improvement Plan featuring nearly 60 We Are Willing To Train. literacy for students attending schools projects totaling $16,441,298. where he worked. The resolution states that Reed’s name Their approval Tuesday followed ap- Contact Pat Young or Charles Shook “will always hereafter be known to every proval last month by the Board of Super- student of Pulaski County Public Schools visors. at the Dublin Location and associated with their pursuit of the The funding plan allows for the school knowledge and skills necessary to lead system to continue to use unused carry- successful and productive lives.” over funds from its annual operational budget, revenues received from cigarette Surplus DMS, PMS Property taxes collected by the county and portions Chris Stafford, Assistant Superinten- of future school debt payment retirement.

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In the beginning God created the Heavens and the earth Out of this came Man’s Birth.

He divided the darkness into light Which made everything so won- derfully bright.

The dry land and the seas He called good Serving its purpose as it should.

He brought forth seeds to yield fruits Of its kind. So tasty, delicious, and uncondi- tionally divine.

He made two great heavenly lights To shine from above. Sun, moon, and also stars. Another sign of His amazing love.

All things made was set in its place According to His will and grace.

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Fans were told they the best is always special." could remove them once in their Elliott won the second and seats. third stages of the event and Following the post-race fire- earned the right to choose which works, an announcement was lane he wanted to restart for the made to the crowd telling fans final 15-lap sprint to the finish. they'd be dismissed by row. He picked the outside lane and Elliott won in his fifth All-Star pulled buddy Ryan Blaney with appearance and is the 25th differ- Jared C. Tilton/Getty Images him on the restart but was never ent driver to win the made-for- Limited fans return to watch the NASCAR Cup Series All-Star Race at Bristol Motor Speedway on challenged and beat Kyle Busch TV race. He and his father join July 15, 2020 in Bristol, Tennessee. to the finish line. Hall of Famers Dale Earnhardt Bill Elliott won the race in and Dale Earnhardt Jr. as win- 1986, the only year it was held ning father-son duos of the event. NASCAR hosts largest sporting at Atlanta Motor Speedway. The "Anytime you can join the race began in 1985 at Charlotte Earnhardts in anything in rac- Motor Speedway and was held at ing, and to join Dad in winning event crowd since pandemic that North Carolina track every this event, that's not just special. year but one until it was moved That's a lot of years and a lot of BRISTOL, Tenn. (AP) — Clint largest sporting event in the Unit- on a stage with their team but on during this pandemic-altered history. For everything to come Bowyer hopped off his pit stand ed States since winter. Wednesday night they stood next year. full circle like that is pretty dang at Bristol Motor Speedway to "It damn sure feels good to to their cars and waved to the Tennessee officials allowedcool," Elliott said. learn he'd won the fan vote -to havead the fans back at the track," crowd as they were introduced. NASCAR and Speedway Motor- vance into NASCAR's All-Star Bowyer said. The All-Star Race was moved sports to sell 30,000 tickets to the Bubba Wallace was wrecked race — an announcement met by Chase Elliott, NASCAR's most from Charlotte Motor Speedway All-Star race, so it was moved out of the qualifying race, ruin- a roar from the grandstands. popular driver, won the race and for just the second time since its from Charlotte because North ing his shot of racing for the $1 It wasn't the raucous ovation celebrated to chants of "USA! 1985 inception because Tennes- Carolina would not authorize million prize. typically heard in Thunder Val- USA!" from the crowd. see officials allowed Speedwayspectators for the race. One driver advanced into the ley, but after four months of near IndyCar raced last weekend at Motorsports to sell a percent- "There's nothing like Bristol," All-Star race through a fan vote silence, it was better than noth- Road America in Wisconsin and age of its seats. North Carolina, Chase Elliott said. "There's no and Wallace had been leading ing. there was no limit on tickets sold where the race was held at Char- feeling like it. This speaks for when results were last updated by Up to 30,000 fans were al- to the event held on a 4-mile road lotte Motor Speedway its first itself, Bristol is an electric atmo- NASCAR a week ago. After he lowed to attend Wednesday course. Crowd estimates for that year and every year since 1987, sphere. We'll take that million crashed 17 laps into the qualify- night's race, NASCAR's largestevent have been around 10,000 would not authorize spectators. dollars back to Georgia." ing race — which awarded three with spectators since the corona- spectators. Bristol, dubbed "The Last It was the most spectators at additional slots to stage winners virus pandemic shut down sports Driver introductions were held Great Colosseum," can hold a sporting event in the United into the 20-driver All-Star field in March. Attendance figures for the first time since racing re- about 140,000 people, meaning it States since March. Because the — he was no longer eligible to were not released, but it appeared sumed May 17, although the usu- would be 79% empty even with speedway is privately owned, win the fan vote. at least 20,000 spectators were al over-the-top festivities were a sellout crowd of 30,000. Masks attendance numbers will not be socially distanced throughout toned down. Drivers for the All- were only required upon en- released, but there appeared to the grandstands — making it the Star event typically walked out See CROWD, page B3 VHSL Continued from Page B1 cross country. High risk sports that would not be played are field hockey, football, volleyball, and cheer. Fall activities that would be allowed is theatre. Model 2 – Switch Fall and Spring seasons. Low and moder- ate contact risk sports that would be allowed to play in the fall are track and field, tennis, soccer, baseball, and softball. High risk sports that would not be played are boys/girls la- crosse. Spring activities that would be allowed are theatre, fo- rensics/debate, and film festival Model 3 – Delay all VHSL sports and adopt the Condensed Interscholastic Plan. Leave all sports in the season where they are currently aligned. • Season 1 (Winter) December 14 – February 20 (First Contest Date – December 28) • Season 2 (Fall) February 15 – May 1 (First Contest Date – March 1) • Season 3 (Spring) April 12 – June 26 (First Contest Date – April 26) NRV SEPTIC TANK SERVICE

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With a A few years back there were I had a flashlight and it went cy food along with fishing gear of knowledge of how to locate your no such things such as floods, dead on me. There was no moon hooks and line; water purification position on your topographic hurricanes or tornados to be and it was pitch-black dark. I W.A. "Doc" tablets that are easier to purify Davis map and compass, a person concerned about. Parts of South- became disoriented and found water than having to boil it. should be able to set off in the west have had these bad weather myself on a flat part of the One should become acquaint- right direction to the nearest phenomena occur. mountain and did not know the ed with the forestland and flora populated area. Since this is an outdoor col- way to go to get to a lower level. always let others know where that are native to the area. Plants umn, I am going to concentrate I stumbled around and finally they are going and be prepared to that look good and you think are There are many people that on how to survive in certain encountered mountain laurel and meet any challenges of having to edible may be deadly poison. are spiritually lost today. They situations that one may encoun- hit a branch and followed it to spend a night when the tempera- The majority of mushrooms are lost if they do not know the ter when lost or having to spend the fields below. This would be a tures drops or a sudden storm found in the woods look good to Lord Jesus as their Savior who some time making do until good rule to follow in our part of front comes about. the eye, in reality are as deadly died on the cross for all mankind getting back to civilization. the country – to follow a stream A person should always pack as the hemlock that made into paying our sin debt. By heeding I have been in situations and you should soon reach civi- a survival backpack with the tea that Socrates was induced his call as found in John 14:6 as most anyone that has gone lization. following: waterproof matches to drink. There are some plants (KJV): “Jesus stated unto him, hunting where you got disori- There are many stories told (also a butane lighter for backup); that make excellent drinks such I am the way, the truth, and the ented and did not know how to of people getting lost by leaving a heatable container in addition as the stinging nettles that I have life: no man cometh unto the get back to your original starting the main trail on a mountain to your canteen; light source of had the misfortune of brushing Father; but by me.” point. hike and have to have the local head lamp or flashlight that are into while tramping through the I know of once going coon recue teams to find them. Some waterproof; whistle to signal woods. As the old gospel song reit- hunting with some friends on a people often think that they can others to your dilemma; mir- People are often of the im- erates, “The Way of the Cross Friday night and after the dogs make it, but do not go prepared ror for signaling as well; extra pression that if they have a cell Leads Home.” got off the track possibly chasing in the first place. They should emergency shelter items such as phone, they can call for help. In Until next time Calfee Park voted best ballpark Hokie Club For the second consecutive Pig-Out year, Motor Mile Field at Cal- fee Park has earned the title canceled of best rookie-level ballpark The Pulaski County Hok- in America. Calfee Park won ie Club Pig-Out to kickoff the five rounds of head-to-head Virginia Tech football season competitions with other ball- has been canceled due to the parks hosting rookie-level COVID-19 pandemic. clubs in Minor League Base- This yearly event has been ball, including teams in both held each year since 1988 and the Appalachian and Pioneer has never been canceled or post- Leagues, in Ballpark Digest’s poned. annual Best of the Ballparks We encourage our fans to be competition. safe. “Even without baseball, the The next event is the Annual love and appreciation fans Golf Tournament to be held Sun- across the country have for day, Sept. 27. Calfee Park is evident,” said John Rupe, Pulaski Yankees General Man- President ager Betsy Haugh. “We are Pulaski County Hokie Club proud of our ballpark and ex- cited to be voted the best rook- ie-level ballpark in America for the second consecutive year.” the addition of two VIP Tow- ty deck and new boxes were As 2019 champion, Calfee ers, upgrading seating, and a added along the third base Park was the top seed in the 35’ x 22’ JumboTron; a Bermu- line, increasing the ballpark’s competition and earned a first- da grass playing field and new capacity to 3,200. Additional round bye before defeating irrigation system; construction upgrades including 800 new Bluefield’s Bowen Field, Grandof new home offices for ballparkseats behind the party deck and Junction’s Suplizio Field, Bur- employees; and the expansion new concessions points of sale lington’s Burlington Athlet- of the upper concourse. were planned for 2020 before ic Stadium, and Kingsport’s Most recently prior to the being put on hold due to the Hunter Wright Stadium en 2019 season, a three-tiered par- COVID-19 pandemic. DOSS’ SEPTIC TANK SERVICE, LLC route to earning the title. Since the Shelor Automotive Group purchased Calfee Park from the Town of Pulaski in 2015, ownership has completed numerous upgrades including a renovated home team club- house; a new visiting team clubhouse, concession stand, press box, and souvenir store; Crowd Continued from Page B2 Owner/Operator: Chuck Doss trance. Fans were told they could • Licensed & Insured • 20 Years of Experience remove them once in their seats. Tickets were on sale through • Calls Welcome Anytime Day or Night Tuesday evening and still avail- 24/7 Emergency Service able on Bristol's website until (540) 320-4827 / (540) 320-4817 the deadline. The speedway is privately owned and attendance figures are not required to be -re leased. Concession stands were open, but typical shopping opportuni- ties were limited and indepen- dent street-side souvenir stands along Speedway Boulevard hawked driver items and even a few Confederate flags. As fans arrived, they were greeted by a plane flying over the Tennessee track that was pulling a banner of the Confederate flag. NASCAR in June banned the flag at its events, but protesters at Talladega Superspeedway in Alabama paraded past the main entrance waving them from their vehicles. A plane also flew over the speedway that day with a flag that read "Defund NASCAR," a play on the "defund the police" slogan of some protesting racial injustice. President Donald Trump has criticized NASCAR for banning the Confederate flag, blaming the decision for the sport's "low ratings," although TV ratings for NASCAR have been up since racing resumed. The Sons of Confederate Veterans of Columbia, Tennes- see, claimed it had paid for the banner over Talladega. The one flying over Bristol Motor Speed- way listed only the group's web- site. Page B4 - The Patriot - July 17, 2020 Open letter on exams, immunizations Dear Parents/Guardians, or school division and providing the information If you have a child entering Preschool or Kinder- contained in such report. garten, we just want to remind you that they must 22.1-271.2. Immunization requirements. have a comprehensive physical examination and No student shall be admitted by a school have all required immunizations before they can unless at the time of admission the student or his start school. parent submits documentary proof of immunization We know that COVID-19 pandemic initially in- to the admitting official of the school or unless the terrupted or limited services offered by local health student is exempted from immunization. departments and healthcare providers but parents Other required immunizations for school admis- need to make appointment for well –child physicals sion include: and immunizations. Planning ahead to complete 1. Human Papillomavirus (HPV) for girls enter- these state requirements for school enrollment will ing sixth grade ensure a smooth and safe start when schools reopen. 2. Diphtheria, Tetanus, and Pertussis (Tdap) 22.1-270. Preschool physical examinations. booster for entry into seventh grade. No pupil shall be admitted for the first time to These requirements have NOT been waived and any public kindergarten or elementary school in parents are encouraged to make appointments with a school division unless such pupil shall furnish, their health care provider now to avoid the “back to prior to admission, (i) a report from a qualified- lischool rush”. censed physician, or a licensed nurse practitioner or Please provide written documentation of physical licensed physician assistant acting under the super- and immunizations to your child’s school as soon as vision of a licensed physician, of a comprehensive possible or before the first day of school so it can be physical examination of a scope prescribed by the entered into their health record. State Health Commissioner performed within the Thank you for your cooperation, 12 months prior to the date such pupil first enters such public kindergarten or elementary school or Mary Hall, BSN RN (ii) records establishing that such pupil furnished Supervisor of Health Services such report upon prior admission to another school Pulaski County Public Schools LewisGale implements hotline to help jobless get health coverage In Virginia, unemployment has without health insurance cover- tients and their families, and to risen from less than 3 percent to age for their families. The com- remove barriers to seeking lifesav- more than 10 percent since the monwealth’s most comprehensive ing care in a safe hospital environ- beginning of the pandemic. That provider network has established ment.” number is expected to continue a hotline to assist those who have Hotline advisors can discuss eli- to rise as the economy struggles lost health insurance coverage to gibility and advocacy services ap- to stabilize. The COVID-19 pan- secure temporary coverage while propriate for a variety of scenarios: demic has created uncertainty for they are unemployed. - Continuing an employer's ex- many who have lost their jobs due The Hotline at (833) 867-8771 is isting plan for those who have re- to the economic impacts of the vi- available Monday through Friday cently lost a job (COBRA and oth- rus. 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The standard Royal Doulton CURRENT PRICES comes streaming through it and E-books -- Project Gutenberg has free music, everything from Co. mark, a lion and crown, also is Ballot box, wooden, turned seems to magnify. I have a cou- (www.gutenberg.org) has over Bach to Irving Berlin. However, used. These limited editions were handle, 2 compartments, lift lids, ple of hooks that are backed by 60,000 books on its site, mostly you need to listen to only one at a selling for more than $1,000 each scroll metal latches, sloped front, 3 suction cups. I can hang a garden old classics and all of them free time on Gutenberg. until about 10 years ago, when all 1/2 x 9 x 5 inches, $150. flag from the hooks to cover the to read. If you have an e-read- Now, isn't that better than Doulton prices fell. Photograph, United States Ma- window. Sometimes I even use it er, you can download books, or watching the news? A commemorative Admiral rine Corps, infantry men battle for at night for privacy. It still looks Lord Nelson loving cup auctioned Okinawa, black and white, 1945, 3 pretty from the other side if I ket and all your tech will stay from drying on the car. Rinse at Skinner Auctions in Boston in 1/2 x 4 inches, $480. don't take it down, and it didn'torderly. off your sponge regularly -- the 2015 for $800. Lord Nelson was TTP: If you store fabrics in pa- involve any holes in my door!" -- * Car Wash Tips: Use a soap dirt and grime can scratch the a naval hero who fought in many per, be sure it is acid-free. An acid- W.D. in Kentucky that's made for vehicles, be- surface. Use a microfiber cloth naval battles and seemed unstop- ic paper can discolor a fabric in a * Make-up bags make the per- cause it's less likely to strip to dry. pable. He lost an arm in one battle, year, damage it within three years. fect place to stash extra cords and the protective coating off your an eye in another, and he was final- For more collecting news, tips accessories for your computer or paint. 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Draper Valley Baptist Church First United Methodist Church Draper's Valley Presbyterian (PCA) 3200 Lee Highway 301 N. Jefferson Ave. - Pulaski 2755 Old Baltimore Road, Draper, VA 24324 Draper, Va. 24324 (physical address) Mailing address: Same as above Pastor: Alan Pearce 135 Fourth St., NW - Pulaski Pastor's Name: Rev. Robert E. Davis Service Times: (mailing address) Associate Pastor: Rev. Roland Mathews Bible Study Sunday, 5 p.m. Pastor's Name: Will Shelton Primary Service Times: Sunday Worship, 11 a.m. Associate Pastor: Sunday Morning Worship Service Sunday Evening, 6 p.m. Sebastian Ruiz, Hispanic Pastor 8:30 and 11:00 Prayer Service, Wed. 6:30 p.m. Sunday Services Sunday Evening Worship Service 6:15 p.m. Phone: 980-1028 9:00 AM - Hispanic Worship Wednesday Evening (5:45 Supper in the www.drapervalleybaptist.org 9:00AM - Contemporary Worship Fellowship Hall (Sept thru May) - Youth Groups 10:00AM - Sunday School and Adult Bible Study 6:30 p.m.) Hell is just Grace Baptist Church 11:00AM - Traditional Worship Contact Info: 552 E. Main Street Contact Info. Phone - 540-994-9015 Dublin, Va. 24084 Phone: 540.980.3331 e-mail - [email protected] as real as Pastor: Doug Testerman e-mail: [email protected] website - www.dvpca.org 674-1762 website: www.fumcpulask.org Primary Services: Trinity Lutheran Heaven 9:45 a.m. Sunday School Belspring Baptist Church Church ELCA Luke, Chapter 16, Verse 23. 11 a.m. Sunday worship 6887 Depot Street 2 Fifth Street, N.W., Pulaski “And in Hell, he lifted up his eyes, Sunday Night Power Hour, 6 to 7 p.m. Belspring, VA 24058 540-980-3624 being in torments, and seeing Wednesday Night 7 to 8 p.m. Pastor Darrell Linkous The Rev. Terrie Sternberg Abraham afar off, and Lazarus in Grace Kids and Teens Bible Study Service Times: trinitypulaski @gmail.com his bosom.” Sunday School: 10 a.m. Sunday Worship 11 a.m. Here Luke gives us insight on Open Door Baptist Church Sunday worship: 11 a.m. (Sept. - May) how that there is a Heaven to gain 4576 Miller Lane Wednesday Bible Study and Sunday Worship 10:30 a.m. and a Hell to shun. Pulaski, VA 24301 Youth Group: 7 p.m. (June - Aug.) Jesus Himself told this story Pastor: Rev. N.K. Howlett Darrell Linkous: 353-0081 Bible Study: Wednesday, 12:30 about two men and their continued Primary Services: [email protected] www.trinitypulaski.org existence after their earthly lives Sunday School, 9:45 a.m. were over. Worship, 11 a.m. Memorial Baptist Church Trinity United Methodist He said, “There was a certain Wednesday Night, 7 p.m. 995 Peppers Ferry Road Pastor: Judy Yonce rich man, who fared sumptuously Phone: 980-2046 Pulaski, VA 24301 Sunday Worship - 9:45 a.m. every day.” Pastor: Michael S. Jones Bible Study - Wednesday, 7 p.m. Every day he came and went Draper United Methodist Church Sunday 528 5th Street, S.E. from his palatial mansion, and 3080 Greenbriar Road 9:45 am - Sunday School Pulaski, Va. every day he passed by a poor Draper, VA 24324 11:00 am - Worship Phone - 980-0820 beggar who was laid just outside Pastor: Mark Asbury Wednesday of his gates to beg for a living Primary Service Times: 6:30 pm - Prayer Meeting Snowville Baptist Church without showing him compassion Sunday School, 10 a.m. (540) 980-4731 3238 Gum Log Road, Hiwassee or helping him. Lazarus couldn’t Worship, 11 a.m. Email: [email protected] Pastor: Rev. Tony Hart walk and others carried him to Phone: 276-477-3835 Sunday School: 10 a.m. the rich man’s gate each day. His River of Life Church Sunday Services: 11 a.m., 6 p.m. frail body was riddled with sores. Newbern Christian Church 5311 Black Hollow Road, Dublin, Va. 24084 Wednesday Night Service: 7 p.m. Even the dogs gave more comfort Disciples of Christ Shawn Burchett, Pastor to this poor man than the rich 5183 Wilderness Road, Newbern Sunday School 9:15 AM Fairlawn United Methodist Church man for at least they came by and Rev. Denise and Ken Walker Sunday Morning Worship 10:30 AM 7584 Brandon Road, Fairlawn, Va. 24141 licked his sores. 540-440-8733 Wednesday Evening Life Pastor Mark A. Miller This is a good example of the Building Service 7:00 PM [email protected] sin of omission. A sin of omission Christ Episcopal Church www.rolcdublin.com 540-674-4500 Cell) 540-320-2431 is when a person deliberately fails 144 North Washington Ave., Pulaski Sunday School: 9:45 a.m. to do something that he or she can Service: 10 a.m. every Sunday Delton Church of God Sunday Worship (with children's message): and should do. Phone: 980-2413 of Prophecy 11 a.m. Every time you and I pass by Email: [email protected] 4570 Boyd Road, Draper, VA 24324 Bible Study, Wednesday: 7 p.m. someone who is poor and needy, www.christpulaski.dioswva.org Pastor Vickie Lee Viars Youth Ministr y we have the same opportunity [email protected] (276) 620-3191 Facebook.com/Fairlawn-United-Method- that this rich man had, of stopping Jordan's Chapel UMC Service Times ist-Church to give aid and comfort to them. Pastor: Rev. Becky Wheeler Sunday school - 10 am - 11 am There is an acrostic with four Worship: 9:30 a.m. Sunday Morning Worship - 11 am - 12 pm Grace Ministries letters, WWJD. What would Jesus Sunday School: 10:45 a.m. Sunday Evenings - Devoted to Church of God of Prophecy do? I’ll tell you what Jesus, the Wednesday Bible Study: 7 p.m. Evangelistic Outreach 1021 Macgill Street great compassionate Lord, would Wednesday- 6 pm Pulaski, VA 24301 have done. He would have fed the Cecil's Chapel United Methodist Church 2nd Wed Each Month - Free Community Church: 540-980-2118 poor hungry man, clothed him and 5801 Cecil's Chapel Road, Dinner - 5:45 pm - 6:45 pm Cell: 276-233-8083 ministered unto him. He would Hiwassee, VA 24347 2nd Wed Each Month - Missions service Bus Ministry: 540-385-9972 have healed the poor man. Jesus Pastor Mark Asbury 6:45 pm - 7:30 pm www.pulaskigracemin.com never passed by anyone with a Worship service is 8:45am-9:45am Email: [email protected] need without meeting their need. Sunday School is 10 - 10:45am Heritage Church Pastor Mike Williams No one ever left the presence of Ricky Dishon, 540 239 6360, www.facebook. 6195 Cleburne Boulevard, Dublin Children's Ministry Jesus still sick in body or soul. com/cecilschapel.umc Pastor Mike Pierce Aaron & Becky Sampson Lazarus died and the angels Service Times: Morning Worship 10:30 a.m. came and carried his soul over Newbern United Methodist Church Wednesdays, 7 p.m.; Children’s Church 10:30 a.m. into the Paradise of God. The rich 5155 Wilderness Road Sundays, 10 a.m. Children’s Free Breakfast 10:30 a.m. man also died, was buried, and in Exit 98 off I-81 Newbern (540) 674-9220 Ages 5-12 hell, he lifted up his eyes, being in Rev. Paige Wimberly Website: www.heritagechurch.net Men’s & Women’s Ministry Wed. 6:30 torment. 674-6111 Facebook.com/ In this life the rich man had Worship Services: 9:45 a.m. HeritageChurchDublinVA Faith Bible Church everything, and Lazarus had Sunday School: 11 a.m. 110 LaGrange Street, Pulaski, VA 24301 nothing. In the afterlife, their Fairlawn Baptist Pastor: Jim Linkous roles were reversed. Lazarus had Valley Harvest Ministries 6758 Oxford Avenue Associate Pastor: T.J. Cox everything and the rich man had 1 Harvest Place Fairlawn, VA 24141 540-980-5433 nothing. Death is the great equal- P.O. Box 458 www.facebook/faithbiblechurch izer. Lazarus was comforted while Dublin, VA 24084 First Missionary Baptist Church Sunday School: 10 a.m. the rich man was tormented. Senior Pastor Steve Willis 7318 Manns Drive / P.O. Box 90 Sunday Worship: 11 a.m. Hell is a forlorn place of un- Associate Pastors: New River, Virginia 24129 Sunday Children’s Church: 11 a.m. quenchable fire. A place devoid Perry Slaughter, Elaine Wood, Derick Burton (540) 639-5331 Sunday Evening: 6 p.m. of the presence of God. A place Sunday Worship: 10 a.m. email: [email protected] Wednesday Evening Bible Study: 7 p.m. of eternal oblivion. A place where Wednesday School 7 p.m. Pastor: Rev. Richard A. Goodman, Sr. Children’s Meal: 6:30 p.m. the screams and cries of forgotten www.vhmdublin.org Associate Minister: Children’s and Youth’s Group Classes: 7 p.m. men and women forever echo 540-674-4729 Rev. Annette Cheek off and re-echo off of its charred Clerk: Mrs. Carlotta Lewis Dublin Christian Church walls. It’s a place where the worm Mountain View United Methodist Church Sundays: 5605 Dunlap Road dieth not and the fires are never 6648 Wilderness Road Morning Worship 11:00 a.m. P.O. Box 1330 quenched. It’s a place where no Dublin, VA 24084 The Lord's Supper - Each First Sunday Dublin, VA 24084 request is ever granted. It’s a place Phone: 540-674-6111 Wednesdays: Prayer Meeting & (540) 674-8434 of remorse where those impris- mountainviewumc.yolasite.com/ Bible Study 6:30 p.m. www.dublinchristianchurch.com oned there will forever regret not Pastor: Paige Wimberly Richard R. Goad, Jr. accepting their calling from God Adult Sunday School: 10 a.m. Dublin United Methodist Church Senior Minister to be saved. Their cries will be Morning Worship with Children's Church at P.O. Box 577 Sunday School 10 a.m. “Too late, too late, too late.” It’s a 11 a.m. 424 East Main Street Worship 11 a.m. place where lost souls will join the Pastors Don Hanshew & Don Shelor Sunday Evening Worship and scum of the earth, tyrants, murder- Dublin Baptist Church (540) 674-5128 Youth Meeting, 6 p.m. ers, rapists, predators, demons and 100 Hawkins Street [email protected] Wednesday Bible Study and Children's Bible worse. It’s a place where no one in Dublin, VA 24084 Early Worship - 8:45 am Classes, 7 p.m. their right mind would ever want 540-674-6061 Sunday School - 9:45 am to visit, not even for a moment, [email protected] Praise & Worship Small Group - 10:00 am First Presbyterian Church and yet hell is filling up and Website: dublinbaptistva.org Worship - 10:55 am 408 N. Jefferson Avenue, Pulaski running over with lost souls who Pastor: Dennis Jones Pastor Melissa McNair-King failed to prepare for their eternal Sunday School: 9:45 a.m. Freedom Fellowship Church (540) 980-2132 future. Morning Worship: 11 a.m. 1730 West Street [email protected] There are two ways of life that Children's Church and Nursery Radford, VA 24141 www.firstpresbyterianpulaski.org determine our eternal destiny. A Evening Service: 6 p.m. Sr. Pastor: Jerry W. Collins Sunday Services: life lived for Jesus will gain us Tuesday: Women's Bible Study, 10 a.m. 540-577-5780 Sept.-May: Sunday School, 9:45 a.m., access into Heaven. A life lived in Wednesday, Adult Bible Study 7 p.m. [email protected] Service 11 a.m. sin will put us on a runaway roller Sunday Service: 10 a.m. June-Labor Day: Service 10 a.m. coaster ride into the pits of eternal 11 a.m. Children’s Church Wednesday Family Night, 6 - 7:30 p.m. Wednesday - 7 p.m. Service See MCCR AW, page B9 7 p.m. Youth Service The Patriot - July 17, 2020 - Page B9 Thornspring United Methodist Church Pulaski Christian Church, Inc. Pulaski First Church of the Brethren 5670 Thornspring Church Rd. 4531 Brookmont Road, Pulaski, VA 24301 1749 Newbern Road Dublin, VA 24084 www.pulaskichristianchurch.com/ Pulaski, VA 24301 Pastor: Rev. Teresa Tolbert Rev. Kathy Warden, Pastor, Pastor Frank Peters Sunday School: 10 a.m. (540) 250-2974 Sunday School: 9:45 Worship Service: 11 a.m. Sunday School 9:45 a.m. Worship: 11 a.m. Phone: (540) 980-2927 Worship 11 a.m. Wednesday Bible Study: 7 p.m. Worship 7 p.m. 980-3798 First Baptist Church Monday Bible Study 5473 Baskerville Street 7 to 9 p.m. Abundant Life Ministries Dublin, VA 24084 Wednesday Bible Study 3050 Lee Highway Pulaski, VA 24301 (540) 980-5506 Pastor Wallis Brown 7 p.m. (Mon. - Fri., 9 a.m.-1 p.m.) Caring for 540-674-2677 Pastor Randall K. Lawrence Sr. Service: 11 a.m. Aldersgate United Methodist Sunday Worship 10:30 a.m. 1946 Medallion Drive Sunday Evenings 6 p.m. by announcement the elderly New Dublin Presbyterian Church Pulaski, VA 24301 Wednesday Evenings (Family Night) 6:30-7 5331 New Dublin Church Road (540) 980-1349 pm children fed, 7:15 pm Bible Classes all ages Dublin, VA 24084 Pastor Becky Wheeler Adult Bible Class is Biblical Pastor: Sara Jane Nixon Sunday School 9:45 a.m. THRIVE Teen Class Q: I am caring for my el- Website: newdublinpres.org Sunday Worship 11 a.m. Children’s Bible Class and derly parents and I'm finding 540-674-6147 Special Activitiy Classes it difficult to stay strong, but I Services 11:00 AM Sundays First Baptist Church want to be faithful to them and 220 Magazine Street New Life Church of the Nazarene comfort them in their sorrow Community Christian Church Pulaski, VA 24301 45 S. Jefferson Avenue and pain because they spent Jason Allmon, Pastor 540-980-3336 Pulaski, VA 24301 their lives reaching out to 5382 Grace Street Email: [email protected] 540-980-2001 others. How can I bolster my Dublin VA, 24084 Pastor: Rev, Douglas Patterson www.newlifepulaski.com strength in times of weariness? 540-674-4308 Sunday School 10 a.m. email: [email protected] - P.C. Sunday Worship 11 a.m. Pastor: Julie Armbrister Sunday School (all ages) 9:30 a.m. First Dublin Presbyterian Church (ECO) Monday's Child Youth Group, Monday A: The Bible is filled with 409 Church Street, Dublin, Va. 24084 Evening 6 p.m. Sunday worship: 10:45 a.m. passages about comforting others Wednesday Bible Study: 6 p.m. P.O. Box 2027, Dublin, Va. 24084 Wednesday Bible Study 6:30 p.m. and it is a ministry that God first-dublin-presbyterian-church-eco.com Trinity Baptist Church certainly blesses. Caring for the Minister: Pulaski Presbyterian Church 4008 Robinson Tract Road elderly is Biblical, particularly The Rev. Dr. Olin Marsh Whitener, Jr. (PCA) Pulaski, VA 24301 caring for one's aged parents. 975 Memorial Drive Telephone: 980-8186 "Let... Your merciful kindness be Max Creek Baptist Church Pulaski, VA 24301 Pastor Johnny Howlett for my comfort" (Psalm 119:76). 3000 Old Route 100 Road, Draper, Va. 24324 Office Phone:980-2631 Minister of Education Rev. Steve Taylor It is an undeniable fact that www.maxcreek.org Email: [email protected] Sunday School - 9:45 a.m. usually those who have suffered www.facebook.com/maxcreekbaptist Website: www.pulaskipca.org Sunday Worship - 11 a.m. most are best able to comfort Senior Pastor: Mike Coleman Stated Supply: Rev. John Gess Sunday Bible Study - 6 p.m. others who are passing through Youth Minister: Charlie Prince Sunday School: 10:00am Wednesday - Adult Bible Study and Youth suffering. They know what it is Director of Visitation: Ersel Alderman Worship Service: 11:00am Group - 7 p.m. to suffer, and they understand Sunday Services more than others what a suf- Sunday School: 10 a.m. Sure Foundation Christian Fellowship Grace Fellowship Baptist Church fering person is experiencing Morning Worship: 11 a.m. 6598 Annie Akers Road 2640 Max Creek Road - physically, emotionally, and Teen Social and Class: 5 p.m. Radford, VA 24141 P.O. Box 326 spiritually. They are able to Evening Worship: 6 p.m. (540) 639-3443 Hiwassee, VA 24347 empathize as well as sympathize Wednesday Bible Study & Classes:7 p.m. Pastor Steve Phillips Pastor: Jason N. Aker with the afflictions of others Sunday Morning Worship: 10:00 am Phone: 276-699-3176 because of what they have expe- [email protected] Pulaski Church of God Sunday Night Prayer: 5:30 pm rienced in their own lives. When 1621 Bob White Boulevard Wednesday Night Sunday School: 10 a.m. we are a comfort and encourage- Sunday Worship Service: 11 a.m. Pulaski, VA 24301 Prophetic Teaching: 6:30 pm ment to others, we often expe- Wednesday Night Bible Study: 7 p.m. Pastor Donald Jones rience comfort coming back to 540-980-8880 New Hope Chapel St. Edwards Catholic Church us many times over. God blesses www.pulaskicog.church 1555 Case Knife Road Corner of N. Washington Ave. and those who comfort others and Sunday Services Pulaski, VA 24301 7th Street N.W., Pulaski Scripture commands us to carry Sunday Life Groups: 9:30 a.m. Pastor Darrell Gray Phone: 980-6511 one another's burdens (Galatians Sunday Morning Worship: 10:30 a.m. (276) 733-6080 Fax: 980-6511 6:2). Wednesdays Midweek Connect: 7 p.m. Pastor Gray and congregation invite you to Priest: Fr. Bernie Ramirez New Hope Chapel. Mass: 11 a.m. Sunday, 5:30 p.m. Thursday Our sufferings may be rough Showers of Blessing Church of Service Times: and hard to bear, but they teach God in Christ 10 a.m. Sunday School Warriors for Christ II us lessons that in turn equip and 305 Newbern Road, Dublin 11 a.m. Sunday Service Bishop Sherman Buckner enable us to help others. Our atti- Pastor Elder Stephen Muse 600 Skyline Circle tude toward suffering should not Come and Worship With Us! Family Worship Center Pulaski, VA be, "Grit your teeth and bear it," Sunday School: 10:30 a.m. First Pentecostal Holiness 540-315-2317 hoping it will pass as quickly as Sunday Worship: 11:30 a.m. 955 Memorial Drive, Pulaski Sunday School: 10 a.m. possible. Rather, our goal should Tuesday Night Bible Study: 7-8 p.m. 540-980-7287 Worship: 11 a.m. and 7 p.m. be to learn all we can from what Jeff Willhoite, Pastor Thursday: 7 p.m. Service we are called upon to endure, so Sunday School 9:45 a.m. that we in turn can "comfort each Bob White Boulevard Baptist Church Seagle Sunday Worship 10:45 a.m. other and edify one another; just 3826 Bob White Boulevard KidsZone 10:45 a.m. Funeral Home Pulaski, VA. as you also are doing" (1 Thessa- Evening Worship 6 p.m. lonians 5:11). Todd Bruce, Manager www.fwcpulaski.church Pastor: Allen Harman 415 N. Jefferson Ave., Pulaski, 980-1700 Sunday School: 9:45 a.m. Preaching: 11 a.m. (This column is based on the Sunday Evening: 7:30 p.m. words and writings of the late Wednesday Prayer Service: 7:30 p.m. Rev. Billy Graham.) FUNDAMENTAL Yard Sales

Corner of Washington and Are Free Main Street Pulaski, Va. In (540)509-5926 The Patriot fudgelady.com Call 540-808-3949 or email [email protected] McCraw Continued from Page B8 damnation in a devil’s hell. with the remains of their bodies make. And yet many are making The only way to avoid hell is to lying in the graves and they’ll be the wrong choice and turning be born again of the Spirit of God. raised from the dead and given away from their calling by God to To be saved by faith in the blood glorified, incorruptible, immortal repent and be saved. of Jesus. No born again, blood bodies and will never to have to The best choice and the wisest washed, child of God will ever see die again. They will be transported choice for anyone to make is to or experience the horrors of hell. up into Heaven and will be with answer God’s call on their life to Hell is just as real as Heaven is Jesus forever and ever. They’ll come to an altar of repentance and real. No one has to end up in hell. never know another pain, another be forgiven and saved; to invite God gave His only begotten Son sorrow, another heartache, another Jesus to come into their hearts and and Jesus gave His life on Calvary disappointment, and they’ll never be born again. Then they will have to keep us out of that horrible grow old. a glorious eternal future in God’s place. Hell is a place created for On the other hand, at the time of presence. the devil and his angels and no the rapture of the saints, the bodies human has to go there. Jesus died of those who died without Christ The choice to be saved must on Calvary to keep us out of that will remain in their graves for be made in this life for after this horrid place. 1,000 years, during the Millennial life is over, a person’s future is Every person who has died Reign of Christ, until they are eternally sealed. in Christ will one day have a called forth at the great White bodily resurrection. Just like Jesus’ Throne Judgment to officially and resurrection. Jesus will bring their openly be judged by God and then souls, which have been in Heaven they’ll be cast into an expanded ever since they died physically, hell called the lake of fire. with him when He comes back Every person is given a choice to rapture or to catch away the between Heaven or hell. It saints. Their souls will be reunited shouldn’t be a difficult choice to Page B10 - The Patriot - July 17, 2020 Why Go Anywhere Else? Pulaski County When I was growing up a concert while keeping my outside of Philadelphia, PA., distance from others. I can float every year when school would and relax on the river or go for PULSE get out the big question was, the rapids in a kayak. After a “Where do you want to go on long day on the river there is Hiwassee Fire Dept. Ladies Auxiliary in need of funds vacation?" There were two nothing better than a campfire The Hiwassee Fire Dept. Ladies Auxiliary is in need of donations choices: the shore or the moun- and making s'mores. for the mowing and upkeep of the Trail cemetery in Hiwassee. If you tains. Each had its own appeal. have a family member that is buried in this cemetery and would like But either one meant that we When I think about every- to make a donation please mail your contribution to the Treasurer of were getting away and having a thing we have here, why would the Ladies Auxiliary. Please make checks payable to Peggy Cregger change of scenery. It meant that I want to go anywhere else? P.O. Box 164, Hiwassee, Va. 24347. Thank you in advance for helping we got to do something differ- With COVID, I know I can the HFDL. ent. Isn’t that what vacation is have right here. I realize now easily stay right here and enjoy all about? It’s an opportunity to that I would rather be here this beautiful area where the On going: see and do something different, than anywhere else! Our great sunsets look like the sky is on and a change of pace. outdoors and open spaces lend fire. Right here, the days are Alcohol Anonymous meet Mondays at 8 p.m. (closed meeting); themselves to healthy living hot, and the evenings cool. Wednesday (noon) and Thursday at 8 p.m. (open meetings) at Pulas- I have to admit early this and social distancing. I can go ki Presbyterian Church of America located at 975 Memorial Drive. year I was in the same state of on a different and beautiful hike Why would I want to be any- Contact number is 540-440-0066. Note: At present time masksre a mind as most, thinking I had to every day for a week or more. I where else? required and social distancing observed. go somewhere to have a vaca- can rent a boat at Claytor Lake Pulaski Al-Anon Family Group (a support group for friends and tion. Then COVID-19 hit, and I and cruise the miles and miles Work hard, be productive, families of alcoholics) meet every Monday night at 8 p.m. at Pulaski found myself taking-on a whole of shoreline. I can paddleboard and - above all else - stay pos- Presbyterian Church of America located at 975 Memorial Drive. Con- new appreciation for what we in the lake and even take in itive. tact number 540-818-0621. Note: At present time masks are req uired and social distancing is observed. Examining the Debt Snowfall Dear Dave, What exactly is the debt snowball, and why is it such an important part of your plan? Lee Dear Lee, The debt snowball is Baby Step 2 of my plan for getting out of debt and gaining control of your finances. Specifically, it’s the part of the plan where you sit down with your budget, and look at all the money you owe. Then, list your debts from smallest to largest—except for your home—and pay them off in that order. I know, there are all sorts of arguments about paying off the ones with the highest interest rates first. But this is psychol- on number one and number two, ogy class, not math. Personal and you pay it on number three. finance is 80% behavior, andWhen three is paid, you attack 20% knowledge. Besides, if number four and so on. A lot of you were so great at math you folks get to the bottom of the wouldn’t have debt, would you? list, and find they can pay well Pay off your debts from small- over $1,000 a month on a stu- est to largest, unless there’s a dent loan or a car. At that point, huge emergency, such as you’re it won’t take long to bust out facing foreclosure, or the IRS is and be debt-free except for your banging on your door. home. The reason we pay off debts The main elements that make from smallest to largest is to the debt snowball so powerful build confidence and enthusi- are budgeting, getting current asm by notching quick wins. If before you start the debt snow- you go on a diet and lose weight ball, the smallest-to-largest in the first week, you’ll proba- pay-off, sacrifice, discipline, bly stay on that diet. If you go and focused intensity. If you on a diet and gain weight, or go think the debt snowball is just weeks with no visible progress, another trick, or something you chances are you’ll quit. When might kind of try, it won’t work. you start the debt snowball, and You’ve got to go all-in to win! in the first few days pay off a * Dave Ramsey is CEO of couple of debts, it lights a fire Ramsey Solutions. He has underneath you, and you start authored seven best-selling to believe you really can do it. books, including The Total After you list the debts from Money Makeover. The Dave smallest to largest, pay the Ramsey Show is heard by minimum payment to stay cur- more than 16 million listen- rent on all the debts except the ers each week on 600 radio smallest. Every dollar you can stations and multiple digital squeeze out of your budget goes platforms. Follow Dave on the toward the smallest debt until it web at daveramsey.com and is paid. Once the smallest one on Twitter at @DaveRamsey. is paid, the payment from that debt—plus any extra “found” money—is added to the next smallest debt. Then, when debt number two is paid off, you take the money that you used to pay BUILDING SUPPLIES INSTALLATION SATISFACTION GUARANTEED At El Shaddai -Cabinets We Sell And Install: -Countertops -Decking -Exterior Doors -Interior Doors -Fencing -Insulation -Millwork -Paneling -Patio Doors -Plumbing Fixtures -Porch Columns -Flooring -Railings -Roofing -Shutters 320-2356 -Sidings [email protected] -Trusses -Windows & more! No Job Too Big Or Too Small For El Shaddai Pulaski, Va.